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Page 1 of 1 Kent, The link I posted below sums up the "why" of adopting modern codes pretty well. The text below that is an excerpt from that page. The most recent SBCCI Standard Fire Code that I can find is a 1999 edition. The 2000 International Fire Code (and the rest of the International Code Council [ICC]) came on the scene after that. A large portion of the SBCCI codes rely on "the opinion of the fire code official." Such wording is fine if you have a conscientious fire code official, but a "loose cannon" could put the City at a liability risk. A large percentage of jurisdictions are using the ICC codes and architects and engineers are familiar with them. I will be in attendance at the Staff Meeting tomorrow at 8:30. Please let me know if you have any other questions that I need to research before then. Thank you, Vance Woodard Fire Marshal Paris Fire Department (903) 784-9222 OfficeNoicemail !::!ttR :llwww.boma.org/Advocacy/Standards/lnternationaICodes/lnternationaIFireCode.htm Background For decades, state and local governments throughout the U.S. adopted a model fire code to be enforced typically by the fire service. Four model fire codes have been available for adoption: the National Fire Prevention Code, promulgated by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International (BOCA); the Standard Fire Prevention Code, promulgated by the Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI); the Uniform Fire Code, promulgated by the International Conference of Building Officials (lCBO) and Western Fire Chiefs Association (WFCA); and the NFP A 1 - Fire Prevention Code, promulgated by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). With the creation of the International Code Council (ICe) in 1994, repeated efforts have been made to merge these four codes into a single International Fire Code. These attempts at cooperation have been unsuccessful. Consequently, the code landscape now has at least two model fire codes: the ICC International Fire Code and the NFPA Fire Prevention Code. The International Fire Code is a merger of the provisions in the National Fire Prevention Code, the Standard Fire Prevention Code and the Uniform Fire Code. So while the International Fire Code itself is new, its provisions are not. They are based on fire codes that have been in use in the majority of the United States for decades. 2/6/2007 ---............-.'r